Manchester United are willing to battle Barcelona for Inter Milan’s Milan Skriniar, as Jose Mourinho remains determined to add a centre-half this summer.
The Old Trafford club had seemed set to sign Tottenham Hotspur’s unsettled Toby Alderweireld, but that move has run into complications, partly due to the Belgian’s high demands.
United have thereby been minded to look elsewhere and, while Raphael Varane remains a long-term target as they keep an open dialogue with Real Madrid due to a number of cross-over interests – most recently the potential sale of Anthony Martial – Mourinho has increasingly been impressed by Slovakian international Skriniar.